sahasra सहस्र sa—hasra See below. sahásra n. (rarely) m. (perhaps fr. 7. sa + hasra = Gk. χίλιοι for χεσλοι; cf. Pers. hazār) a thousand (with the counted object in the same case sg. or pl., e.g. sahasreṇa bāhunā, ‘with a thousand arms’, [Hariv.]; sahasraṃ bhiṣajaḥ, ‘a thousand drugs’, [RV.]; or in the gen., e.g. dve sahasre suvarṇasya, ‘two thousand pieces of gold’, [Rājat.]; catvāri sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām, ‘four thousand years’, [Mn.]; sometimes in comp., either ibc., e.g. yuga-sahasram, ‘a thousand ages’, [Mn.], or ifc., e.g. sahasrāśvena, ‘with a thousand horses’; sahasram may also be used as an ind., e.g. sahasram ṛṣibhiḥ, ‘with a thousand Ṛṣis’, [RV.]; with other numerals it is used thus, ekādhikaṃ sahasram, or eka-sahasram, ‘a thousand one’, 1001; dvyadhikaṃ s°, ‘a thousand two’, 1002; ekādaśādhikam s°sahasram or ekādaśaṃ s° or ekādaśa-s°, ‘a thousand eleven’ or ‘a thousand having eleven’, 1011; viṃśaty-adhikaṃ s° or vimaṃ s°, ‘a thousand twenty’, 1020; dve sahasre or dvi-sahacram, ‘two thousand’; trīṇi sahasrāṇi or tri-sahasram, ‘three thousand’ &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. a thousand cows or gifts (= sahasraṃ gavyam &c., used to express wealth; sahasraṃ śatāśvam, ‘a thousand cows and a hundred horses’, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (in later language often = ‘1000 Paṇas’, e.g. [Mn. viii, 120]; [336] &c.) any very large number (in [Naigh. iii, 1] among the bahu-nāmāni; cf. sahasra-kiraṇa &c. below) sahásra mf(I)n. a thousandth or the thousandth (= sahasra-tama which is the better form; cf. [Pāṇ. v, 2, 57]). sahasram सहस्रम् (am), ind., e.g. sahasram ṛṣibhiḥ, ‘with a thousand Ṛṣis’, [RV.] sahasradhā सहस्रधा sahasra—dhā́ ind. thousand-fold, in a thousand ways or parts, [RV.]; &c. sahasradhī सहस्रधी sahasra—dhī mfn. thousand-witted sahasra—dhī m. N. of a fish, [Pañcat.] sahasraṇī सहस्रणी sahasra—ṇī m. (fr. s° + nī) a leader of a thousand or thousands, [BhP.] sahasradā सहस्रदा sahasra—dā́ mfn. giving a thousand, [VS.]; [SV.] sahasrada सहस्रद sahasra—da mfn. giving a thousand (cows), [Mn.]; [R.] sahasra—da m. N. of Śiva, [MBh.] of a son of Indu, [Hariv.] sahasragu सहस्रगु sahasra—gu mfn. possessing a thousand cows, [Mn.]; [Gaut.] thousand-rayed, [L.] thousand eyed, sahasra—gu m. the sun, [Var.] N. of Indra, [Vām.] sahasraha सहस्रह sahasra—há mfn. slaying a thousand, [AV.] sahasraka सहस्रक sahasra—ka mfn. (for See p. 1196) thousand-headed, [Yājñ.] n. (for sahasra-ka See p. 1195, col. 2) a thighs, [Hariv.]; [Pañcar.] mf(ikA)n. (ifc.) amounting to a thousand, having a thousand, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcar.] sahasrasā सहस्रसा sahasra—sā́ mfn. gaining or granting a thousand, [RV.] sahasrabhid सहस्रभिद् sahasra—bhid m. musk, [Bhpr.] sahasraghni सहस्रघ्नि sahasra—ghní mfn. killing a thousand, [AV.] (v.l. -ghnyá). sahasraśas सहस्रशस् sahasra—śás ind. by thousands, [AV.]; &c. sahasradṛś सहस्रदृश् sahasra—dṛś mfn. thousand-eyed, [R.] N. of Indra, [MBh.]; [RāmatUp.] of Viṣṇu, [A.] sahasrados सहस्रदोस् sahasra—dos mfn. having a thousand arms sahasra—dos m. N. of Arjuna Kārtavīrya, [L.] sahasrajit सहस्रजित् sahasra—jít mfn. conquering or winning a thousand, [RV.] sahasra—jít m. N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] of a king, [MBh.] of a son of Indu, [VP.] of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.] = sahajrā-jit, [MW.] sahasrapād सहस्रपाद् sahasra—pād See -pad. sahasrapad सहस्रपद् sahásra—pad (sahásra-; strong base -pād), mfn. thousand-footed, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c. having a thousand columns, [MBh.] sahásra—pad m. N. of Puruṣa, [MW.] of Viṣṇu, [ib.] of Śiva, [ib.] of Brahmā, [W.] of a Ṛṣi, [MBh.] sahasraruc सहस्ररुच् sahasra—ruc m. the sun, [Harav.] sahasravāc सहस्रवाच् sahasra—vāc m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] sahasravat सहस्रवत् sahásra—vat (sahásra-), mfn. a thousand fold, [RV.] containing the word sahasra, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] sahasravṛt सहस्रवृत् sahasra—vṛ́t mfn. including thousands, [TĀr.] (accord. to Sch. vṛt = vriyamāṇa, prārthyamāna). sahasrayāj सहस्रयाज् sahasra—yāj mfn. next, [PañcavBr.] sahasra—yāj m. one who sacrifices a thousand victims, [MW.] sahasrabhānu सहस्रभानु sahasra—bhānu mfn. thousand-rayed, [Śiś.] sahasrabhāva सहस्रभाव sahasra—bhāva m. the becoming a thousand, [ĀśvŚr.] sahasrabhara सहस्रभर sahásra—bhara (sahásra-), mfn. carrying off a thousand as spoil, [RV.] sahasrabhujā सहस्रभुजा sahasra—bhujā (ā), f. N. of Durgā, [MW.] sahasrabhuja सहस्रभुज sahasra—bhuja mf(A)n. thousand-armed, [Devīm.] sahasra—bhuja m. N. of Viṣṇu, [MW.] of a Gandharva, [Kāraṇḍ.] sahasradhārā सहस्रधारा sahásra—dhārā (ā), f. a streams of water conveyed through a vessel pierced with a thousand little holes, [L.] sahasradhāra सहस्रधार sahásra—dhāra (sahásra-), mf(A)n. ‘thousand-streamed’, discharging a thousand streams, [RV.] flowing in a thousand streams, [MW.] sahasra—dhāra mfn. having a thousand edges sahasra—dhāra m. the discus of Viṣṇu, [L.] sahasradhauta सहस्रधौत sahasra—dhauta mfn. cleansed a thousand times, [Car.] sahasraṇītha सहस्रणीथ sahásra—ṇītha (sahásra-), mfn. (fr. s° + nītha) having a thousand expedients or artifices, [RV.] praised in a thousand hymns, [MW.] skilled in a thousand sciences, [ib.] sahasraṇīti सहस्रणीति sahásra—ṇīti (sahásra-), mfn. (fr. s° + nīti) having a thousand ways and means, [RV.] sahasraśākha सहस्रशाख sahasra—śākha mfn. having a thousand branches (also fig.), [TUp.]; [Kusum.] sahasraśala सहस्रशल sahásra—śala (sahásra-), a distance of a thousand Śalas, [MaitrS.]; [Kāṭh.] sahasrabāhu सहस्रबाहु sahásra—bāhu (sahásra-), mfn. having a thousand arms, thousand-armed, [MantraBr.] (also applied to, [AV. xix, 6], beginning with the above word) sahásra—bāhu m. N. of Śiva, [MBh.] of Arjuna, [R.] of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh.] of the Asura Bāṇa, [MW.] sahásra—bāhu m. f. a N. (others, ‘battle, war’), [RV. viii, 45, 26.] sahasrabala सहस्रबल sahasra—bala m. N. of a king, [VP.] sahasradāna सहस्रदान sahásra—dāna (sahásra-), mf(A)n. bestowing a thousand gifts, [RV.] sahasradātu सहस्रदातु sahásra—dātu (sahásra-), mfn. thousand-fold, [RV.] sahasradala सहस्रदल sahasra—dala mfn. having a thousand petals, [Pañcar.] sahasradvār सहस्रद्वार् sahásra—dvār (sahásra-), mfn. thousand-gated, [RV.] sahasragīti सहस्रगीति sahasra—gīti f. N. of wk. sahasraguṇa सहस्रगुण sahasra—guṇa mfn. a thousandfold (-tā f.), [Ragh.]; [Rājat.] sahasrakalā सहस्रकला sahasra—kalā f. N. of a woman, [Uttamac.] sahasrakara सहस्रकर sahasra—kara m. ‘thousand-rayed’, the sun, [VarYogay.]; [Kathās.] sahasraketu सहस्रकेतु sahásra—ketu (sahásra-), mfn. having a thousand forms, [RV.] thousand-bannered, [MW.] sahasramīḍha सहस्रमीढ sahásra—mīḍha or sahásra—mīa (sahásra-), mfn. characterized by a thousand combats (said of a battle), [RV.] sahasramīa सहस्रमीLhअ sahásra—mīḍha or sahásra—mīa (sahásra-), mfn. characterized by a thousand combats (said of a battle), [RV.] sahasramauli सहस्रमौलि sahasra—mauli m. ‘thousand-crested’, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] sahasramūlī सहस्रमूली sahásra—mūlī (ī), f. Anthericum Tuberosum, [L.] sahasramūla सहस्रमूल sahásra—mūla (sahásra-), mfn. having a thousand roots, [AV.] sahasramūti सहस्रमूति sahásra—m-ūti (sahásra-), mfn. helping a thousand-fold, [RV.] (cf. sahasroti). sahasramukha सहस्रमुख sahasra—mukha mfn. having a thousand exits, [Pañcat.] sahasranītha सहस्रनीथ sahasra—nītha See -nītha. sahasrapāśa सहस्रपाश sahasra—pāśa mf(A)n. forming a thousand fetters, [MantraBr.] sahasrapāda सहस्रपाद sahasra—pāda m. ‘thousand-footed’ or ‘thousand-rayed’, the sun, [L.] a sort of dock, [L.] N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] sahasrapati सहस्रपति sahasra—pati m. chief of a thousand (villages), [Mn.]; [MBh.] sahasrapoṣā सहस्रपोषा 1. sahasra—poṣá, m. ([RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]) or sahasra—poṣā, f. ([Kauś.]) welfare or wealth (increased) a thousand-fold; sahasrapoṣa सहस्रपोष sahasra—poṣá, m. ([RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]) or sahasra—poṣā, f. ([Kauś.]) welfare or wealth (increased) a thousand-fold; sahasra—poṣa mfn. prosperity (increasing) a thousand-fold, [GṛŚrS.] sahasrasāva सहस्रसाव sahasra—sāvá m. thousandfold Soma-pressing, [RV.] sahasrasīta सहस्रसीत sahasra—sīta mfn. having a thousand furrows, [ĀśvGṛ.] sahasrasama सहस्रसम sahasra—sama mfn. lasting a thousand years (as a sacred rite), [BhP.] sahasrasani सहस्रसनि sahasra—saní mfn. gaining or bestowing a thousand, [Br.]; [GṛS.] sahasra—saní f. a gift of a thousand, [ŚBr.] sahasrasava सहस्रसव sahasra—sava mfn. having a thousand libations, [MW.] sahasratama सहस्रतम sahasra—tamá mf(I/)n. the thousandth, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch. sahasrataya सहस्रतय mfn. a thousandfold, [MW.] n. a thousand, [Śiś.] sahasravāja सहस्रवाज sahásra—vāja (sahásra-), mfn. having thousand-fold vigour or energy, [RV.] sahasravāka सहस्रवाक sahasra—vāka mfn. containing. thousand words or verses, [Gaut.] sahasravīra सहस्रवीर sahásra—vīra (sahásra-), mfn. sufficient for a thousand men, [RV.] sahasravedha सहस्रवेध sahasra—vedha n. a kind of sorrel, [MW.] a kind of sour gruel, [L.] sahasrayoga सहस्रयोग sahasra—yoga m. N. of wk. sahasrayuga सहस्रयुग sahasra—yuga n. a period of a thousand ages, [MBh.] sahasrabhakta सहस्रभक्त sahasra—bhakta n. a partic. festival at which thousands are treated, [Rājat.] sahasrabhṛṣṭi सहस्रभृष्टि sahásra—bhṛṣṭi (sahásra-), mfn. thousand-pointed, [RV.] sahasradhāman सहस्रधामन् sahásra—dhāman (sahásra-), mfn. having thousand-fold splendour, [AV.]; [TBr.] sahásra—dhāman m. the sun, [Mudr.] sahasradhāyas सहस्रधायस् sahasra—dhā́yas mfn. nourishing or sustaining a thousand, [TĀr.] sahasraghātin सहस्रघातिन् sahasra—ghātin mfn. killing a thousand sahasra—ghātin n. a partic. engine of war, [VarBṛ.], Sch. sahasraśīrṣā सहस्रशीर्षा sahasra—śīrṣā (ā), f. a partic. Mantra or the N. of the Ṛg-veda hymn [x, 90] (usually called the Puruṣa hymn), [Yājñ., Sch.]; cf. [RTL. 17.] sahasraśīrṣa सहस्रशीर्ष sahasra—śīrṣa mfn. thousand-headed, [TĀr.]; [Up.] sahasraśakti सहस्रशक्ति sahasra—śakti mfn. able to give a thousand, [MBh.] sahasraśṛṅga सहस्रशृङ्ग sahásra—śṛṅga (sahásra-), mfn. thousand-horned, [RV.]; [AV.] sahasraśiras सहस्रशिरस् sahasra—śiras mfn. thousand-headed, [R.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcar.] sahasraśokas सहस्रशोकस् sahásra—śokas (sahásra-), mfn. emitting a thousand flames, [RV.] sahasraśruti सहस्रश्रुति sahasra-śruti m. N. of a mountain, [BhP.] sahasrabuddhi सहस्रबुद्धि sahasra—buddhi mfn. thousand-witted sahasra—buddhi m. N. of a fish, [Pañcat.] (cf. -dhī). sahasracakṣu सहस्रचक्षु sahasra—cakṣu mfn. id., [AV.] sahasracetas सहस्रचेतस् sahásra—cetas (sahásra-), mfn. having a thousand aspects or appearances, [RV.] sahasracitya सहस्रचित्य sahasra—citya m. N. of a king, [MBh.] sahasradāvan सहस्रदावन् sahasra—dā́van mfn. giving a thousand, [RV.] sahasra—dā́van m. a giver of thousand, [MW.] sahasradvāra सहस्रद्वार sahasra—dvāra mf(A)n. id., [MBh.] sahasrahasta सहस्रहस्त sahasra—hasta mfn. thousand-handed, [AV.] sahasra—hasta m. N. of Śiva, [MW.] sahasrajihva सहस्रजिह्व sahasra—jihva mfn. thousand-tongued, [Hāsy.] sahasrakāṇḍā सहस्रकाण्डा sahásra—kāṇḍā (ā), f. white-flowering Dūrvā grass, [L.] sahasrakāṇḍa सहस्रकाण्ड sahásra—kāṇḍa (sahásra-), mfn. consisting of a thousand parts, [AV.] sahasraliṅgī सहस्रलिङ्गी sahasra—liṅgī f. a thousand Liṅgas, [Rājat.] sahasrambhara सहस्रम्भर sahasra—m-bhará mfn. bringing a thousand, [RV.] sahasrambhari सहस्रम्भरि sahasra—m-bhari mfn. nourishing a thousand, [Siṃhās.] sahasramūrdha सहस्रमूर्ध sahasra—mūrdha m. ‘thousand-headed’, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] sahasramūrti सहस्रमूर्ति sahasra—mūrti mfn. appearing in a thousand forms, [BhP.]; [Siṃhās.]